"You damn things, if you weren't insatiable and greedy for money and food for the construction of the Yellow River embankment, how could the Yellow River embankment burst, and why did so many people die?"

Zhao Zhen pounced in front of these officials, raised his foot and kicked it violently.

He has practiced martial arts for more than two years, and his martial arts are not very strong, but the strength of his feet is far stronger than that of ordinary people.

One by one, he kicked all the officials to the ground.

If it weren't for Kou Zhun to stop him, he could have kicked people to death.

It can be seen that Zhao Zhen is in a hurry for these people.

Kou Zhun pulled Zhao Zhen and said to Wang Zeng: "Let people pull them down, put them in the prison of the Criminal Department, and behead them the day after tomorrow." ”

Wang Zeng immediately led the soldiers of the forbidden army, escorted those officials, and went down the city wall.

Kou Zhun stuffed Zhao Zhen to Kou Ji and asked Kou Ji to take care of Zhao Zhen, and then he went to get busy.

In the city gate building.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen sat side by side.

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "After I succeeded to the throne, I killed so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, why are some people still greedy?" ”

Kou Ji clicked his mouth, and wanted to tell Zhao Zhen what he had discussed with Cao Tong and Liu Heng in the Kou Mansion before.

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong.

In front of Zhao Zhen, it is always a little unbeautiful to speak ill of his grandfather and his uncle's grandfather.

So, Kou Ji said lightly: "When the water is clear, there are no fish...... There are corrupt officials and corrupt officials in all dynasties, and they can't be killed and punished. ”

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "But I can't tolerate this kind of corrupt official in my heart. ”

He stared at Kou Ji and asked, "You have no way to kill all the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the world?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head, "No...... People's desires are infinite, as long as people still have desires, and there are officials in this world, then there will always be corrupt officials. ”

Zhao Zhen stomped his feet angrily, "Since I ascended the throne, everywhere I look, there are corrupt officials. Didn't I have a Qing official in the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Kou Ji was stunned and said, "Yes! ”

Zhao Zhen asked, "Who?" ”

Koji pointed to himself, "Me." ”

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "You don't count." ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently, "There must be many Qing officials in my Great Song Dynasty, but you and I haven't found out yet." ”

Zhao Zhen clenched his fists and said loudly: "I will be in power in the future, and I must reuse the clean officials and severely punish those corrupt officials." ”

Kou Ji smiled and didn't speak.

Two days after that.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen both stayed at the head of the city, looking at the flood outside the city.

But there was a commotion in Bianjing City.

On the afternoon of the second day of the flood.

The price of food in Bianjing City began to soar in a straight line, all the way to the point of madness.

After nightfall, rumors spread in Bianjing City.

There are all kinds of rumors.

It is said that Zhao Zhen is mediocre and incompetent, which led to natural disasters.

It is said that Kou Zhun treacherously misled the country, leading to disasters from heaven.

It is also said that Liu E, the demon queen, did not ambush her, so she would anger the heavens and send disasters.

There are different opinions and rumors.

Whoever has the right to provoke the heavens in any way is within the reach of the people's rumors.

In the middle of the night, the grain store next to Tianqing Temple was broken through by the people, causing a commotion.

Subsequently, large and small grain stores in Bianjing City also looted one after another.

The people of the Inspection Department cooperated with the soldiers of the forbidden army and rushed to the major grain stores overnight to disperse the people.

On the third day.

The people were panicked and began a new round of food grabbing.

Kou Zhun first threw out the corrupt officials who embezzled the money and grain built by the Yellow River embankment, and let the people beat them to death to vent their anger, and then collected the grain of the whole city and distributed it to the people free of charge, which stabilized the people's minds.

On the evening of the third day.

All the soldiers in Bianjing City went out en masse to block all the streets in Bianjing City, blocking the people in their homes to prevent them from gathering crowds to riot.

Thankfully, the flood outside the city receded on the morning of the fourth day.

Zhao Zhen stared at the slowly receding flood outside the city, and said to Kou Ji excitedly: "Kou Ji, look, the flood has receded!" The flood waters have receded! ”

Kou Ji glanced at him and said lightly, "What's so happy about this?" ”

Zhao Zhen put his hands on his waist and said proudly: "Of course you have to be happy, when the flood recedes, the grain from outside the city can be transported into the city, and the people will have food to eat, and they will not make trouble." ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "The real trouble has just begun. ”

"Trouble? What's the trouble? ”

Zhao Zhen asked.

Kou Ji patted the battlement in front of him and said, "The people in Bianjing City just have no food to eat for the time being, but those people outside the city have nothing.

They will all pour into Bianjing City.

At that time, the grain in Bianjing City will continue to rise.

And those displaced people who have nothing left will starve to death a lot. ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, his little face was a little ugly.

Kou Ji swallowed the second half of the sentence into his stomach.

He didn't want to tell Zhao Zhen that after the catastrophe, there was often a plague.

That's the scariest thing.

When Kou Ji lost his mind when Zhao Zhen lost his mind, he recruited a soldier and asked him to quickly tell Kaifeng Mansion the news that the flood outside the city had receded, and let Kaifeng Mansion quickly post a list of people.

As the flood waters receded, news reached Bianjing City.

The hearts of the people in Bianjing City have finally settled down.

Kou Zhun, Li Di, and Wang Zeng, who were tired for three days and three nights, dragged their tired bodies and returned to the palace with Zhao Zhen.

Kou Ji also followed into the palace.

Hundreds of officials gathered in the Vertical Arch Hall to discuss the resettlement of displaced people after the disaster, as well as the reconstruction work after the disaster, as well as the problems after the sharp rise in food prices.

Half of the officials believed that the city of Bianjing should be blockaded, the displaced people should be kept out of the city, and porridge shacks should be set up outside the city to give the displaced people a bite to eat.

And then, no more

How the displaced people survive the winter, no one mentions.

It seems that the intention is to leave the displaced people to fend for themselves.

Half of the officials also believe that the exiles should be released into the city.

And then, no more.

After the displaced people entered the city, how to live and how to settle down, they did not seem to discuss.

Except for setting up porridge shacks so that the displaced people could have a bite to eat and not rebel, there were no other suggestions.

Some people also proposed that the displaced people should return to their own prefectures and counties, and then the imperial court would allocate funds to each prefecture and county to buy grain and support the displaced people until the beginning of spring next year, when it was time for spring ploughing.

In short, the officials have different opinions, some good and some bad.

But there is no proper way to properly settle all the people.

When it comes to post-disaster reconstruction, not many people talk about it.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty seemed to feel that after the disaster, it was enough to give the displaced people a full bite to eat, and the rest did not need to be cared about at all.

Where they were settled and where they lived, no one in the Manchu Dynasty said anything.

In the end, a heated debate ensued over whether or not to release the exiles into the city.

Some officials believe that the exiles should be released into the city, and that the exiles should find a place to settle in Bianjing on their own. Otherwise, the displaced people will stay outside the city and freeze to death in winter.

Some officials believed that the exiles should not be released into the city, because if the exiles died in Bianjing, it was likely to bring plague.

Both sides insist on their own words, and I will forget if you come to quarrel.

Kou Ji proposed: "Why not set aside a piece of land outside the city and build some houses for the homeless to settle in?" ”

As soon as these words came out, they were instantly drowned out by the sound of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military arguments.

Kou Zhun, Li Di, and Wang Zeng were busy for three days and three nights without rest, and their heads were buzzed by the civil and military quarrels of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Bang!"

After Li Di was annoyed, he smashed the vase under the imperial stairs with a chao wat and said angrily: "What's the noise, isn't there a way to properly settle the homeless?" ”

Wang Qinruo arched his hand and said without being salty or light: "In the past, when Bianjing City was flooded, the imperial court blocked the displaced people outside Bianjing City, gave them a bite to eat, and let them make a living outside the city. ”

Xue Tian said angrily: "You are a grass and a human life." If the displaced people are blocked out of the city, without a piece of tiles to cover their bodies, in winter, when the snow and frost fall, will they all freeze to death? ”

Wang Qinruo glared at Xue Tian and said: "Let the exiles enter the city, if they die and give birth to a plague, so that the entire Bianjing City falls into panic, and the official family is in a dilemma, can you Xue Tian afford to pay the responsibility?" ”

Xue Tian said indignantly: "You can't watch the homeless people freeze to death outside the city, right?" ”

Li Di shook the Chao Wat in his hand and roared angrily: "The old man said, enough, are you still arguing?" The court now needs a way to deal with the displaced people, not to listen to your quarrels. ”

Wang Qinruo and Xue Tian glanced at each other, snorted coldly, and closed their mouths.

Seeing that he finally had a chance to speak, Kou Ji went out and said, "Why can't you build some houses for the homeless to live in?" ”

"The Ministry of Kou Gong said lightly, this time the Yellow River burst its banks, the water potential is not small, and tens of thousands of people are involved. In order for the imperial court to build a house, it needed to occupy a large area.

The fields outside the city are ownerless, but there is not a single land for the homeless people to use.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of displaced people, and tens of thousands of houses to be built. There are countless amounts of money that need to be spent, and the court does not have that much money. ”

A bearded official said disdainfully.

Kou Ji didn't have much impression of him, and asked, "Dare to ask?" ”

The official said indifferently: "Huang Chang will be the chief supervisor." ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "It turned out to be Huang Zhengjian, disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

Huang Chang hummed lightly.

After listening to the words of Kou Ji and Huang Chang, Li Di frowned and said, "How much does it cost to build houses for the homeless? ”

Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said, "If it doesn't cost much, you can still take it out of the treasury." ”

"No!"

Wang Zeng's voice just fell.

Three men spoke to stop them.

One of them is Huang Chang, one is Li Zheng, and the other is a fat and fat official.

Li Qian arched his hand and said: "After the money in the treasury is to cope with the displaced people for the winter, I am afraid there will be little left." If we help them build houses, the treasury will probably lose a lot. ”

Huang Chang arched his hand and said: "To build tens of thousands of houses, there are countless craftsmen, people, and timber needed. There were simply not enough craftsmen in the imperial court, and there was no supply of wood. ”

The fat official arched his hand and said: "After the Yellow River flooded, what was left behind was a piece of dirt, on which it was impossible to build houses. Moreover, my young government supervisor wants to rush to make the copper coins needed by the imperial court next year, and he can't spare manpower at all. ”

When Wang Zeng and Li Di heard this, they all frowned.

Kou Zhun sighed, ready to adopt Wang Qinruo's suggestion.

It's not that he doesn't care about the lives and deaths of those homeless, but he doesn't want those homeless people to bring the plague into Bianjing.

Once a plague is born in Bianjing, it will be a devastating disaster.

At that time, no one can guarantee that the people in Bianjing City will survive.

As the chief regent, he needs to consider the overall situation.

As soon as Kou Zhun was about to speak, he saw Kou Ji take a step forward and said loudly: "To help the homeless people build houses, you don't need the imperial court to use a penny of money. All you need is the imperial court to allocate a piece of land and give some food to live. ”

Kou Ji didn't say anything unashamedly, and he didn't even want food for the lives of the homeless.

At present, the flood in Bianjing City has just subsided, and although the grain transported from various places has entered the city one after another, considering that there are still tens of thousands of displaced people outside the city waiting to be fed, the price of grain is extremely high.

If the imperial court does not solve the problem of food and let him solve it himself, it will be a trouble for him.

However.

Kou Ji was cautious enough to speak, but the Manchu Dynasty still felt that he was talking big.

Kou Zhun darkened his face and glared at Kou Ji and said, "You don't need to use the imperial court to make money, can you conjure up money?" ”

Wang Qinruo opened his mouth and sneered: "Maybe the Kou Gong Department will know what kind of immortal arts, and it may be possible to conjure tens of thousands of houses at once." ”

Li Zheng snorted coldly: "I heard that the Ministry of Kou Gong has a way of collecting money, maybe it is because the family has a lot of money and can't let it go, and wants to spend some of it." ”

“……”

Anyone who is hostile to Ko Ji is sneering and sneering.

Li Di glared at Kou Ji and said, "Kou Ji, don't talk about it. The major events in the court are not a playhouse. ”

After Li Di finished reprimanding Kou Ji, he glared at Li Ji and the others and shouted: "Kou Ji, a person who has no authority to manage the official affairs of the Ministry of Labor, can stand up at this time, even if he says some big things, it is also commendable courage."

On the contrary, it is you who control the money and food of the court and the construction of the court, but they are all cynical, and when the court encounters difficulties, they only know how to pour cold water, but they don't know how to help the court think of a good way. ”

Li Xiang said nonchalantly: "What Li Xiang said is a bit excessive. Bianjing City has been flooded, not once or twice. I have never helped those displaced people build houses before, so why do we have to help them build houses this time?

In the past, when the imperial court did not help the displaced people build houses, those displaced people did not survive. ”

Wang Zeng snorted coldly: "Life is survived, but there is not one in ten." ”

Wang Zeng looked at the ministers and said coldly: "In the past, when the Bianjing City was flooded, after those people died, some people in the court relied on their power to occupy those ownerless fields.

This time, the old man tells some of you not to even think about it.

As long as they can find the land of the lord's family, the court will return it to them.

If the main family cannot be found, the court will take it back and include it in the scope of the imperial village.

Whoever stretches out his hand, the old man cuts off his head. ”

Wang Qinruo pouted and said: "Some fields are too far away from Bianjing City, and if they are included in the Huangzhuang, they will only be wasted. ”

Wang Zeng shouted, "I won't give it to you if it's waste." ”

Wang Qinruo was a little dissatisfied and was about to speak, but when he saw Kou Zhun glaring at him, he resolutely closed his mouth.